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Sarah's Hope, a shelter in Sandtown-Winchester provides, private rooms for intact family after a $8 million renovation that doubled capacity at the city's largest shelter for men, women and children.

The Prince George's County Council on Monday approved construction of MGM Resorts $1 billion casino complex at National Harbor.

The Baltimore-based Whiting-Turner Contracting Company has been chosen as general contractor to build Maryland's sixth casino at National Harbor, a nearly $1 billion project on the Potomac River expected to get under way in weeks and be completed in about two years

Daniel "Rocky" Hyde, a former tavern owner and a retired Maryland State Lottery employee, died of heart failure Wednesday at Franklin Square Medical Center. The Rosedale resident was 65.

Loyola Blakefield is one of 10 teams in Team Project, an annual event of ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) Baltimore, a national organization with local chapters. For the five-member Loyola team, it is part of a year-long course on architecture at Loyola Blakefield during which they are coming up with a plan for the $1 billion Harbor Point project on Baltimore's waterfront.

Even though the Baltimore City school system is making progress at keeping students in school, in each of the last three years one quarter of all city school students and nearly one third of its special education students have been chronically absent. That's far too many.

The wills of Maryland's most affluent shed light on their wealth and, many times, their hobbies. The wills, obtained by The Baltimore Sun from the Baltimore County Register of Wills, can often be illuminating.

Willard Hackerman's well-lived life

Friends and family remembered philanthropist and Whiting-Turner Co. CEO Willard Hackerman on Tuesday as a loyal and smart businessman who was generous with his time and money.

Willard Hackerman, the longtime president and CEO of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company and a prominent philanthropist, has died. He was 95.

Both as a developer and philanthropist, the late Willard Hackerman had a profound impact on his beloved Baltimore

The new and redesigned spaces at University of Maryland Shock Trauma accommodate the most sophisticated equipment and processes that speed the flow of care, according to those who work there.

Lack of modern, NBA-sized arena big obstacle to Baltimore attracting team

Hudson's Corner Column

Visit Baltimore officials and others in the industry say the city needs more exhibition space and a new arena or it risks falling behind in the lucrative convention market

Sidney Silber, a retired real estate developer, philanthropist and accomplished gardener who once ran his family's bakery, died of cancer Tuesday at his Lutherville home. He was 95.

In a move to enhance what is one of the nation's most robust African penguin breeding colonies, Maryland Zoo officials are preparing to break ground on a $10.4 million state- and grant-funded project to build a new, 1.5-acre exhibit for the birds to call home.

This Friday, June 21, at 10 a.m., Habitat for Humanity Susquehanna, Inc. will cut the ribbon on the "House That Bel Air Built," located at 404 Giles Street in Bel Air.

A consequence of the Presidents Day blizzard of 2003 that swept into Maryland and dumped 26.8 inches of snow on Baltimore before blowing itself out, was the partial collapse of the roof of the B & O Railroad Museum's 1884 roundhouse that also damaged part of its historic collection of locomotives and cars.

They've been married just over two years, but Andy and Seanne Herbick have already exchanged vows three times, most recently Sunday morning at their alma mater, Loyola University Maryland, with about 80 other steadfast lovebirds.

Current operator SMG is the winning bidder for a new five-year contract to run 1st Mariner Arena and oversee its potential renaming, according to a memo from the city's top purchasing agent.

Ravens introduce new concession stand, Orioles switch ticket vendor

In spite of its success, 1st Mariner Arena is in a period of transition that could lead, in the near future, to it being renamed, handed off to a new management company and even demolished.

Harrah's Baltimore continues moving toward groundbreaking

Kaiser Permanente's South Baltimore Medical Center currently under construction in Lansdowne is on pace to open spring 2013, months ahead of schedule.

When President Barack Obama comes to Baltimore for a fundraiser Tuesday at an Inner Harbor hotel, he'll first stop at the home of an Owings Mills developer who has kept a remarkably low profile despite having poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into Democratic campaigns over the past decade.

Henry P. "Doc" Zetlin, a former pharmacist who later became a kosher event caterer at a Baltimore Hotel, died Monday of multiple organ failure at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center. He was 96.

Maryland Stadium Authority study says an expanded convention center would transform Baltimore.

Fireworks will light the sky over the Inner Harbor on New Year's Eve after a donation from The Baltimore Sun gave the city the money it needs to put on the annual display.

Stuart Halstead Dobson, a retired Whiting-Turner executive and civil engineer, died Nov. 20 of a massive stroke at Hospice of Queen Anne's County in Centreville. He was 76.

Stuart Halstead Dobson, a retired Whiting-Turner executive and civil engineer, died Nov. 20 of a massive stroke at Hospice of Queen Anne's County in Centreville. He was 76.

Stony Run interceptor project finished after five years

Woodward Reese "Wood" Smith, a retired ironworker who during his nearly 50-year career worked on some of the nation's most notable bridges, died July 13 of pneumonia at his Loch Raven Village home.

Woodward Reese "Wood" Smith, a retired ironworker who during his nearly 50-year career worked on some of the nation's most notable bridges, died July 13 of pneumonia at his Loch Raven Village home.

Baltimore City will pay a third of the $150,000 cost of a Maryland Stadium Authority study to determine whether the city should build a new downtown arena linked to an expanded Baltimore Convention Center.

Jay Hancock: Willard Hackerman and his partners aren't in this for charity. The case for doubling convention-center space in Baltimore is not inarguable. Even if the project makes sense and gets built, it raises new questions about downtown development and taxpayer investment.

If Baltimore manages to build the $900 million convention center expansion and arena proposed for the Inner Harbor, business and civic leaders say, the city will join a growing list of destinations competing to woo lucrative convention business with bigger, better facilities.

Proposed downtown arena gets private financing commitment.